>>17602Furthermore, notice that certain drugs only become an issue when they are extracted and concentrated.
Cocaine, heroin, liquor are found in basically harmless amounts in their natural forms - coca leaf, the poppy, and beer or wine. Coca is an amazing stimulant herb. Poppy was used as a natural painkiller (unfortunately an addictive drug in its own right when abused).
Fermented alcohol produced with various herbs can affect the mind in very beneficial and conducive ways. The ferment contains the subtle spirits of the bacteria and yeasts that produce it. It can be very invigorating. There's a reason the Germans mandated adding hops and ONLY hops to beer istead of traditional herbs like yarrow and wormwood - it makes you sedated and over time works against the testosterone. The teutonic power when unchecked is quite ferocious and strikes fear in their enemies. Hops can be strongly estrogenic in great quantities and with frequent exposure.
There's a reason for the busty beermaiden depiction or the stories of busty brewers' daughters whose feminine features were amplified by hops, there is also something called "brewers wilt" because the brewers handle so much hops their virility practically disappears.
We could blame this on the j3w$ because they didn't really drink - they understood the traditional significance of brews like gruit, ale and mead to the Europeans though and needed a means to weaken them.
Anyway, concentrated drugs become problematic because they are not balanced or intermingled with their natural substance, plus they overwhelm the physical body in the concentrations they appear in.
For example, liquor is the "spirit" of alcohol, and to be possessed by it becomes clear when intoxicated. Same goes for people who encounter the concentrated, pure forms of substances.
Though many substances are not a requirement, it's worth pointing out that people who are not discerning or who are unaware will fall prey to them more easily. This explains why their abuse is so pervasive despite clear warnings.
None of this is to dissuade you from your path, I just think it is a good idea to have a balanced discussion.
When the monks took LSD and were unaffected, my opinion is that it was because they already experienced everything their ego could in the illusory realm of the mind. LSD did not show them anything they did not already know through their intensive training.
>>17597When you smoke cigs, do you roll your own with unbleached papers? reportedly cancer attributed to smokes is caused by filters and papers aside from horrible tobacco growing practices. go organic.
kush is alrite :^) it's a major ingredient in the holy anointing oil and is one of the revered sacrament herbs. The sadhus smoke it, and it's made into bhang.
Too bad it is often abused. Its medicinal and spiritual properties are amazing.